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Record: MDI42A06NE00022

General

Mineral Record Identification
Record Name(s) Chappie-Mammoth Gold Mines Property - 1922, South Shore Gold Syndicate Property - 1945, Shawdome Project - 1998
Related Record Type Simple
Related Record(s)
Record Status Occurrence
Date Created 1990-Dec-20
Date Last Modified 2022-Sep-19
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Commodities

Primary Commodities: Zinc, Gold

Secondary Commodities: Copper, Silver



Location

Township or Area: Whitney

Latitude: 48° 28' 8.57"    Longitude: -81° 11' 35.97"

UTM Zone: 17    Easting: 485710   Northing: 5368453    UTM Datum: NAD83

Resident Geologist District: Timmins

NTS Grid: 42A06NE

Point Location Description: approximate

Location Method: Based on Assessment



Exploration History

1922: Dome Mines Limited - DD. 1930-34: Mammoth Porcupine Syndicate. - pitting, trenching, DD-4-3282 feet, sampling. 1934-36: Chappie-Mammoth Gold Mines Limited - DD-11,000 ft. 1976-77: Cominco Ltd. - mapping, ground geophysics, DD-5-873m. 1998-99: Noranda Inc. - downhole surveying, IP Survey, DD-2-1029m, assays.


Assessment Work on File

Assessment Work on File
Office File Number Online Assessment File Identifier Online Assessment File Directory
T-4388/2.20292 42A06NE2016 42A06NE2016
T-4413/2.20252 42A06NE2018 42A06NE2018

Geology

Province: Superior

Subprovince: Abitibi

Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi

Belt: Abitibi

Geological Age: Archean  



Lithology

Lithology Data
Rock Type Rank Composition Texture Relationship
Ultramafic-Unsubdivided 1 Near
Intermediate Tuff 2 Tuff Near
Mylonite/Fault Gouge/Pseudotachylite 3 Adjacent
Oxide Ironstone 4 Oxide-Facies Host
Vein 5 Quartz Host

Mineralization

Mineralization and Alteration
Rank Mineral Name Class Economic Mineral Type Alteration Mineral Type Alteration Ranking Alteration Intensity Alteration Style
2SphaleriteEconomicOre
1PyriteEconomicGangue
3ChalcopyriteEconomicGangue

Mineralization Comments

Dec 15, 2014 (A Wilson) - Grab samples collected from the property in 1922 reportedly returned 0.61 oz/t gold, 0.28 oz/t gold and 0.95 oz/t gold. A grab sample collected from a muck pile in 1938 by Hollinger Gold Mines Ltd. returned 0.12 oz/t gold. Assays from drill holes completed by Cominco in 1977 returned the following assays: 0.03%Cu, 1.77% Zn, 0.14 oz/t Ag and 0.0075oz/t Au over 5.89m in WW-77-1; 0.01% Cu, 1.90% Zn, 0.11 oz/t Ag and 0.003 oz/t Au over 0.67 m in WW-77-2; 1.72% Zn, tr Cu, 0.04 oz/t Ag and 0.001 oz/t Au over 0.3 m in WW-77-3; 0.02% Cu, 2.00% Zn, 0.13oz/t Ag and 0.04 oz/t Au over 2.16 m in WW-77-4 (one of three sulphide-rich zones intersected). Cordierite was observed in drill core recovered from the iron formation. Diamond drilling by Noranda in 1999 returned best intersection of 0.368% Ni over 3 m in DDH SD-99-01. A 1.1 m section of the drill hole between 482.5 and 483.6 m returned 0.13 g/t Au, 3.20 g/t Ag, 0.07% Cu and 0.21% Zn. DDH Sd-99-2 returned 0.28% Ni over 2 m between 205.5 and 207.5 m and zinc values up to 0.32% over 1 m.



Mineral Record Details

Classification
RankClassification            
1 Vein
Characteristics
Rank Characteristic            
1 Vein

References

Book - Canadian Mines Handbook 1937

Publication Number: CMH 1937 Page: 56  Date: 1937

Author:

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Location: Timmins RGO


File - Resident Geologist files T-0717, T-3610

Publication Number: Date:

Author:

Publisher Name:

Location: Timmins RGP office


Map - Timmins data series, Whitney Township, District of Cochrane

Publication Number: P2123 Scale: 1:15,840    Date: 1981

Author: Hunt D.S., MacRae B.A., Maharaj D.

Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey

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Book - Sudbury Timmins Algoma Mineral Program, Project 1: mineral inventory of the Sudbury-Timmins-Sault Ste. Marie region, Ontario

Publication Number: GSC OF 1087 Page: 199  Date: 1985

Author: Rose, D.G.

Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada

Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/129999


Map - Porcupine area, District of Cochrane, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM47A Scale: 1:24,000    Date: 1997

Author: Hurst M.E.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

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Map - Geological Compilation of the Timmins Area, Abitibi Greenstone Belt

Publication Number: P3379 Scale: 1:100,000    Date: 1998

Author: Ayer J.A., Trowell N.F.

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Map - Geology of the Tisdale and North Whitney Townships

Publication Number: OFM0118 Scale: 1:20,000    Date: 1988

Author: Kettles K.

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Map - Part of the Porcupine gold area, District of Cochrane, Ontario

Publication Number: ARM33A Scale: 1:24,000    Date: 1998

Author: Burrows A.G.

Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines

Location:


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